Update, Feb. 4, 2014

The Senate passed the Farm Bill today with two major wins on animal welfare issues, one being the removal of the dangerous King amendment.

Now the bill goes to President Obama's desk for signature. Kudos to everyone who helped achieve this victory!

What is the King Amendment?

The Farm Bill recently passed by the House contains a provision proposed by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) that seeks to negate most state and local laws regarding the production or manufacture of agriculture products. Added by voice vote during the House Agriculture Committee’s full committee markup, the King amendment is a radical federal overreach that aims to block state laws protecting farm animals in a way that could also preempt a wide range of state laws covering everything from child labor to dangerous pesticides to labeling of farm-raised fish. Get the facts>>